Towards a New Vision of World Security: The United Nations Security Council and the Lessons of Somalia 16 Houston Journal of International Law 1993-1994

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16 Hous. J. Int'l L. 213 (1993-1994)
Towards a New Vision of World Security: The United Nations Security Council and the Lessons of Somalia

handle is hein.journals/hujil16 and id is 235 raw text is: TOWARDS A NEW VISION OF WORLD
SECURITY: TUE UNITED NATIONS
SECURITY COUNCIL AND THE LESSONS
OF SOMALIA
Rajendra Ramlogant
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. INTRODUCTION ........................ 215
II. BRIEF HISTORY OF SOMALIA ................... 216
III. THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL ...... 223
IV. THE ROLE OF THE U.N. IN SOMALIA PRIOR TO
INTERVENTION BY THE SECURITY COUNCIL ...... 226
V. AN ASSESSMENT OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL'S
ACTIONS REGARDING SOMALIA .............. 282
A. Resolution 733 ......................... 232
B. Resolution 746 ......................... 234
C. Resolution 751 ................... : .... 235
D. Resolution 767 ......................... 236
E. Resolution 775 ......................... 237
F. Resolution 794 ......................... 238
G. Resolution 814 ..................... 238
VI. THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE U.N. INTERVENTION IN
SOMALIA ............................ 239
A. Legality .......................... 239
B. Peacekeeping: Towards a New Definition ... 245
1. Models for peace .................... 245
a. Peacekeepers .................... 245
b. Peacemakers .................... 248
c. Peace-enforcers .................. 249
2. UNOSOM ...................... 250
t Legal Counsel for Special Projects, Petroleum Company of Trinidad and
Tobago Limited; B.A. with honors, University of the West Indies; L.L.B. with
honors, University of the West Indies; L.L.M., New York University School of
Law. The author would like to acknowledge professor Gregory Fox for reviewing
this paper and his colleague, Ms. Joy Seepersad for her comments and editorial
assitance.

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